Official tasting notes.
Nose: Immediate pineapple entry – flowers and ripe fruit. A general and lovely fruity-floral note. Passionfruit skin, lychee, fresh green apple, watermelon. Cocoa, toasted sourdough and Marie biscuits balance out the fruit explosion. Milk bottle lollies, toffee and croquembouche.
Palate: Texture and flavour flow as one in a brilliant accord. Very few drinks do this; it is reminiscent of a Chablis, particularly in a warmer year. In this respect: a rounded calciferous texture and flavour. An Agricole bagasse note. Pineapple and friendly waves of tropical fruit. Glacé ginger, bright cherries, raisins. A delicate fruit tisane. Vanilla wafers and cocoa.
Finish: Green creaming soda Fizzer lollies bring wonderful childhood (and more recent) memories! A dreamy roll of apricot liqueur, with a bit of peachy jammy stuff, before vanilla wafers and nougat. Hint of menthol. The Chablis note is back in taste and texture. Whisper of coconut and sweet biscuits/cheesecake base. Really rounds back to the creaming soda notes, with lemon sherbert and watermelon, and an agave syrup note in it’s lingering. And linger it does.
Sullivans Cove 18 Year Old American Oak Cask HH0273 700ml 47.6%
